At our recent NYC Schools Technology Summit, many participants were using our hashtag #NYCSchoolsTech in Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites for the first time. Doing so enabled them to discover the following ben...

The Hottest Posts Everyone's ReadingHere’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of t...﻿

Close Captioning Tools Support LiteracyGuest Post by Jacob Gutnicki All too often the benefits of close captioningin instruction are largely ignored. Many people believe that this onlybenefits students who are hard of hearing, deaf, or have a language deficit. This could not be further from ...﻿

Guest Post by Jacob Gutnicki All too often the benefits of close captioning in instruction are largely ignored. Many people believe that this only benefits students who are hard of hearing, deaf, or have a language defic...

Using Cell Phone Technology to Support Students Who Struggle with WritingGuest post by Jacob Gunicki For a long time software companies have offered a number ofapplications that allegedly support student-writing skills. These offeringsinclude Inspiration, Don Johnston Software, Clicker, Write on Line, DragonSoftware, as well...﻿

Socialization: How are Schools Doing?Traditional public schools have a testing- and competition-focused model that often gets in the way of potentially positive social interactions. After all, you can’t test students in their personal interactions, so in what’s the point in fostering it? When ...﻿

Traditional public schools have a testing- and competition-focused model that often gets in the way of potentially positive social interactions. After all, you can’t test students in their personal interactions, so in what’s ...

The Hottest Posts Everybody's ReadingHere’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of t...﻿

5 Benefits of Using a Hashtag for EventsAt our recent NYC Schools Technology Summit, many participants were using our hashtag #NYCSchoolsTech in Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites for the first time. Doing so enabled them to discover the following benefits of placing a simple "#" be...﻿

At our recent NYC Schools Technology Summit, many participants were using our hashtag #NYCSchoolsTech in Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites for the first time. Doing so enabled them to discover the following ben...

Flipping for New Chromebook for Today’s ClassroomsAfter using the ASUS Chromebook Flip C100 I’m left with just two questions: 1) Why doesn’t every school provide one for every student? The Chromebook Flip would save schools money and provide a more effective learning tool then 20th century alternatives. No...﻿

I shared your blog with my principal because as plan to go 1:1, hopefully next year, this could be the device we are looking for! My principal agreed to buy one to try it out this year. I also shared our new and improved budget with our brand new superintendent and I think he liked it. It would cost us 40% less to go with these ASUS Chromebook Flips than going with iPad Minis!

Thanks for sharing, Lisa! I'm looking forward to trying it out with my 6th graders.﻿

The Hottest Posts Everyone's ReadingHere’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of t...﻿

After the Cell Phone Ban - NYC Schools Launch #BYODThe New York City Department of Education lifted the ban on cell phones last spring. For some schools thedifference was that students could bring their phones to school, but have themlocked up or out of sight. For some of the more innovative schools h...﻿

The New York City Department of Education lifted the ban on cell phones last spring. For some schools the difference was that students could bring their phones to school, but have them locked up or out of sight. For some of t...

Hashtag Power - Everyone Has A VoiceThe power of the hashtag is to bring to the conversation what is missing from the conversation. That is what I discussed with Amy Coupal CEO of Learnography at ISTE in Philadelphia. Amy asked me what was missing from the conversation at ISTE and I real...﻿

Now This Is Mobile LearningOne of the most exciting things I found at #ISTE2015 was a school bus transformed into a technology learning studio. The bus is operated by Estella who at age 79 is a self-identified “Gadget Gal.” She loves technology and gadgets so much, she wanted to bri...﻿

One of the most exciting things I found at #ISTE2015 was a school bus transformed into a technology learning studio. The bus is operated by Estella who at age 79 is a self-identified “Gadget Gal.” She loves technology and ...

Lisa Nielsen is passionate about sharing ideas around learning innovatively.

Introduction

Lisa Nielsen
is an educational administrator and permanently certified
teacher with
more than a decade's worth of
experience working in educational innovation at
the city, state, and national level. Working as an innovative educator
in New York City, Ms. Nielsen was honored as Teacher of the Year and was
her district's nominee for Technology Educator of the year. Ms. Nielsen
has worked in various capacities in educational innovation at the NYC
Department of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University
including as manager of instructional technology
professional
development, literacy coach, instructional technology coach,
teacher,
librarian, and
staff developer. She
currently serves as Technology Innovation Manager for the NYC
Department of Education.